I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.